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Farooq Ahmed

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  • Gremlin
    Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
    Gremlin
    Jun 2021 - Current (5 years 5 months)
    Designed and managed highly reliable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, focusing on system uptime, scalability, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.Built and standardized continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to improve deployment consistency, reduce risk, and accelerate software delivery.Transitioned legacy monolithic systems into containerized microservices using Docker and Kubernetes, significantly improving reliability and release efficiency.Created reusable Terraform and Ansible frameworks to automate provisioning, strengthen compliance, and ensure configuration consistency.Integrated advanced DevSecOps and observability solutions, including Prometheus, Grafana, Aqua, and Vault, to enhance security
  • ChaosSearch
    Senior DevOps Engineer
    ChaosSearch
    Jan 2018 - May 2021 (3 years 5 months)
    Designed and deployed scalable and secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, improving application performance and reliability.Built fully automated continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines that streamlined deployments and reduced human error across environments.Migrated traditional monolithic systems to containerized microservices using Docker and Kubernetes, enabling faster releases and easier maintenance.Developed reusable Terraform and Ansible modules to standardize infrastructure provisioning and ensure compliance across multiple environments.Integrated DevSecOps tools such as Aqua, Trivy, and Vault to enhance security posture and simplify vulnerability management.Improved observability by implementing monitoring s
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    DevOps Engineer
    SkyBridge Systems.
    Aug 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 5 months)
    Designed and implemented secure, cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, aligned with HIPAA compliance standards and best practices.Built automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, enabling faster and more reliable deployments.Improved observability and troubleshooting by centralizing logs and metrics through the ELK Stack and Fluentd.Automated IAM policy management and resource provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, ensuring consistency across environments.Integrated security tools such as Snyk and OWASP ZAP into build pipelines to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize release processes and support the migration of workloads to containerized environments.
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    Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
    S R Tech Solutions
    Oct 2015 - Jul 2016 (10 months)
    Managed and supported critical cloud environments to ensure reliability, security, and compliance with HIPAA and SOC 2 standards.Built and maintained monitoring solutions with Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana to enhance visibility and reduce incident resolution times.Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible to ensure consistent deployments.Supported cloud migration initiatives from on-premises to AWS and GCP, improving scalability and reducing operational overhead.Developed Python based scripts to automate operational tasks and streamline incident response workflows.
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  • Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
    Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
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    Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
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    AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
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    Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
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    HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
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    CompTIA Security+
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  • C
    Cloud Migration & Automation
    Migrated on premises systems to AWS and GCP, improving scalability and reducing costs. Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, set up monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for faster, reliable deployments.